If she can't give herself a shot - then she definitely needs to be on the pump. And it sounds like even in the hospital where there should be getting good monitoring, she is in poor control.
The pump also delivers insulin continuously - the nurses can calculate how much you need to get continuously. Then you give yourself meal doses to cover what you are eating. It sounds like she really DOES need it because she can't give herself shots, and with the pump she doesn't need to.
It also sounds like her own body is producing too much glucose which it does naturally, even without eating. The pump can counteract this with the continuous amount of insulin that can be delivered, along with the meal doses.
I hope you can convince her - she really needs it.
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